In late 1954, Gen. J. Lawton Collins was made ambassador to " Free Vietnam " ( the term South Vietnam came into use in 1955 ), effectively elevating the country to sovereign status.

The Texas longhorn stock slowly dwindled, until in 1927 the breed was saved from near extinction by enthusiasts from the United States Forest Service, who collected a small herd of stock to breed on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Lawton, Oklahoma.

The group had occupied part of the grounds of Fort Lawton, which was in the process of being surplussed by the United States Army and turned into a park.

Based on an original screenplay by J. F. Lawton, Under Siege was rated ' R ' (' Restricted ') by the MPAA.

The Everglades Forever Act, introduced by Governor Lawton Chiles in 1994, was an attempt to legislate the lowering of phosphorus in Everglades waterways.

Confederate General James Longstreet was headquartered at Home Hill ( now the Lawton House on Lawton Street ) following the First Battle of Manassas.

According to the US census, the population of Lawton was 96, 867 in 2010, which is 78 percent of the county's population.

Michael Collins was born in Rome, Italy on October 31, 1930, to United States Army Major General James Lawton Collins, who would serve in the army for 38 years.

His decision to join the United States Air Force for his active service was based on both the wonder of what the next fifty years may bring in aeronautics, and also to avoid accusations of nepotism if he joined the Army where, among other things, his uncle, General J. Lawton Collins, was the Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

According to the 1916 History of Clinch County the town was first settled around 1856 as Lawton, but was renamed in 1874 after J. P. A. DuPont, an early settler.

Camp Lawton — also referred to as Fort Lawton — was built in what is today Magnolia Springs State Park ; the location was favorable because the springs provided potable water and because of its proximity to the Augusta and Savannah Railroad.

Screenwriter J. F. Lawton had prepared a script before relations soured over the film's rating, content and merchandising rights and the project was abandoned.

Its most important business was the Lawton twine factory, which was long closed by 1880.

Lawton was founded in 1902.

Built on former reservation lands of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, Lawton was founded on August 6, 1901, and was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action in the Philippine – American War.

The summers can be extremely hot ; Lawton averages 21 days with temperatures and above.

In 1898 Blackheath Barrow — a ring cairn monument situated above Cross Stone in Todmorden — was excavated and proved to be a site of " surpassing archaeological interest ", according to J. Lawton Russell, one of the men who carried out the excavation.

Prior to the paper's apology, Lawton defended his story on his Facebook page, claiming to be " baffled by the fury of adult gamers ", describing them as " grown (?!?

In 1970, it became clear that the U. S. federal government would be giving up much of the grounds of Fort Lawton.

They all had to be like Lawton and be over 6ft.

He claimed to be semi-retired after wrestling in his last match in September 2006 against Jerry " The King " Lawler in an Extreme Rules match at The Great Plains Coliseum in Lawton, Oklahoma for the promotion Impact Zone Wrestling.

He is one of just five Florida Governors to be elected for two terms ( the others were LeRoy Collins, Bob Graham, Lawton Chiles, and Jeb Bush ).

Henry Ware Lawton ( March 17, 1843 – December 19, 1899 ) was a highly respected U. S. Army officer who served with distinction in the Civil War, the Apache Wars, the Spanish-American War and was the only U. S. general officer to be killed during the Philippine-American War.

Its first major engagement would be at the Battle of Shiloh where Lawton ’ s regiment suffered heavy losses.

Lawton had preferred to be returned to the U. S. along with General Shafter and the V Corps however, the War Department selected him as Military Governor of Santiago de Cuba province.

On December 29, Secretary Alger announced to the press that Lawton was being placed in command of the Army field forces in the Philippines and would be reporting to General Elwell Stephen Otis, the ' military governor ', within a short time.

Furthermore, Twins manager Tom Kelley stated that he did not expect Lawton would be traded under any circumstances.

In the deal, the Mets sent Lawton, a players to be named later, Alex Escobar, and Jerrod Riggan to the Indians in exchange for Danny Peoples, Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik.

There were rumors that Lawton may not be ready for the start of the 2003 season.

The Cubs acquired Lawton to be their leadoff hitter.

The station's programming can also be seen on K44GS-D in Wichita Falls ; this repeater provides PBS programming to the Texas side of the Wichita Falls / Lawton market.

Lord Denning MR preferred the view that the documents were to be considered as a whole, and the important factor was finding the decisive document ; on the other hand, Lawton and Bridge LJJ preferred traditional offer-acceptance analysis, and considered that the last counter-offer prior to the beginning of performance voided all preceding offers.

In the entry draft, Brian Lawton became the first American to be chosen first overall by the Minnesota North Stars.

Initially called The Lawton Story and filmed in Cinecolor, the quality of the film was considered so poor that telephone poles could be seen behind the crucifix and upon release, it was described as " the only film that had to be dubbed from English to English.

Several months later, his rights would be traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Anders Hakansson, a left winger from Sweden who had recently been traded to the Penguins along with Ron Meighan from the Minnesota North Stars for the Penguins ' first round pick of the 1983 draft ( Brian Lawton ).

Soon after their arrival Francis Bergeon, Anthony Tacier, and Lawton Nasseau built a bridge across the creek.

Some of these offered to serve as native guides for U. S. forces commanded by General Henry Lawton and, after authorization by General Elwell Otis, a company of " Macabebe Scouts " was formed under Lieutenant Matthew A. Batson.

Uriah Heep recruited bassist Trevor Bolder ( ex-David Bowie, Mick Ronson ) and, after having auditioned David Coverdale ( Deep Purple, Whitesnake ), Ian Hunter and Gary Holton ( Heavy Metal Kids ), brought in John Lawton, formerly of Lucifer's Friend and the Les Humphries Singers, with whom they turned away from fantasy-oriented lyrics and multi-part compositions back toward a more straightforward hard rock sound typical of the era.

In 1996 Microvitec were suffering significantly in the sector and the rights to the Creator application were sold to newly formed interactive whiteboard manufacturer Promethean after Mike Lawton ( the then Promethean MD ) saw Creator demonstrated at Ceebit in the same year.

On the night of August 14, 1944, the Fort Lawton Riot between black U. S. soldiers and Italian prisoners of war at Fort Lawton near Seattle, Washington resulted in Italian POW Guglielmo Olivotto being lynched, after which forty-three black soldiers were charged and twenty-eight were convicted of participating in the longest U. S. Army court-martial of World War II, prosecuted by Jaworski.

A major road artery in Lawton, Oklahoma, Gore Boulevard, is named after him, as is the eastern Oklahoma town of Gore.

" Located on 20 acres ( 81, 000 m² ) in Seattle's Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood, the center owes its existence to Bernie Whitebear and other Native Americans, who staged a generally successful self-styled " invasion " and occupation of the land in 1970 after most of the Fort Lawton military base was declared surplus by the U. S. Department of Defense.

On October 26, a website, TomForGovernor. com, was launched after Barbara Lawton, the Lieutenant Governor, backed out.

Lawton at Corinth MS after promotion to Captain

At various times after the campaign, Lawton was questioned by friends about the campaign.

In Manila in the Philippines, the plaza fronting the Manila Central Post Office building was named " Plaza Lawton " before it was renamed in 1963 as Liwasang Bonifacio after the Philippine hero Andres Bonifacio.

In 1899, the Army named a fort after Lawton.

San Francisco's Lawton Street is named after him.

In the years after the Civil War, Lawton became increasingly important as a political figure in Georgia, serving in various administrative posts.

Lawton signed with the Minnesota Twins on August 12, 1991, after being selected by them in that year's draft.

On May 20, Lawton returned to Salt Lake City after attending the funeral of his aunt.

On June 8, Lawton shattered his eye socket in two places after being hit by a pitch from Cincinnati Reds pitcher Dennys Reyes.

During spring training in 2000, Lawton stated that his eye socket was fully healed after the injury he suffered in 1999.

On April 18, 2002, in a game against the Minnesota Twins, Lawton separated his right shoulder after diving for the ball in right field, but played through the injury.

On September 19, Lawton was placed on the disabled list, and was later forced to sit out the rest of the season after feeling pain in his labrum, which was torn earlier in the season.